destruo

Latin

Etymology

dē- + struō (put together)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeːs.tru.oː/, [ˈdeːs.trʊ.oː]

Verb

dēstruō (present infinitive dēstruere, perfect active dēstrūxī, supine dēstrūctum); third conjugation

  1. I destroy, demolish, ruin.

Usage notes

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēstruō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēstruō dēstruis dēstruit dēstruimus dēstruitis dēstruunt
imperfect dēstruēbam dēstruēbās dēstruēbat dēstruēbāmus dēstruēbātis dēstruēbant
future dēstruam dēstruēs dēstruet dēstruēmus dēstruētis dēstruent
perfect dēstrūxī dēstrūxistī dēstrūxit dēstrūximus dēstrūxistis dēstrūxērunt, dēstrūxēre
pluperfect dēstrūxeram dēstrūxerās dēstrūxerat dēstrūxerāmus dēstrūxerātis dēstrūxerant
future perfect dēstrūxerō dēstrūxeris dēstrūxerit dēstrūxerimus dēstrūxeritis dēstrūxerint
passive present dēstruor dēstrueris, dēstruere dēstruitur dēstruimur dēstruiminī dēstruuntur
imperfect dēstruēbar dēstruēbāris, dēstruēbāre dēstruēbātur dēstruēbāmur dēstruēbāminī dēstruēbantur
future dēstruar dēstruēris, dēstruēre dēstruētur dēstruēmur dēstruēminī dēstruentur
perfect dēstrūctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēstrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēstrūctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēstruam dēstruās dēstruat dēstruāmus dēstruātis dēstruant
imperfect dēstruerem dēstruerēs dēstrueret dēstruerēmus dēstruerētis dēstruerent
perfect dēstrūxerim dēstrūxerīs dēstrūxerit dēstrūxerīmus dēstrūxerītis dēstrūxerint
pluperfect dēstrūxissem dēstrūxissēs dēstrūxisset dēstrūxissēmus dēstrūxissētis dēstrūxissent
passive present dēstruar dēstruāris, dēstruāre dēstruātur dēstruāmur dēstruāminī dēstruantur
imperfect dēstruerer dēstruerēris, dēstruerēre dēstruerētur dēstruerēmur dēstruerēminī dēstruerentur
perfect dēstrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēstrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēstrue dēstruite
future dēstruitō dēstruitō dēstruitōte dēstruuntō
passive present dēstruere dēstruiminī
future dēstruitor dēstruitor dēstruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēstruere dēstrūxisse dēstrūctūrum esse dēstruī dēstrūctum esse dēstrūctum īrī
participles dēstruēns dēstrūctūrus dēstrūctus dēstruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēstruendī dēstruendō dēstruendum dēstruendō dēstrūctum dēstrūctū

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: destruieren
  • Romanian: distruge
  • Romansh: destruir, destrueir, desdrür
  • Sardinian: destrúi, destrúere
  • Sicilian: distrùggiri, distrùdiri
  • Spanish: destruir

References

  • destruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • destruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • destruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

destruo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of destruir
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